Key Takeaways Upgrading your electrical panel prepares your home for modern appliances and reduces fire hazards. Installing Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCIs) in wet areas prevents ...

You might think that with all our modern technology and safety awareness, homes would have safe electrical systems by now.

This answer is based on the 2017 NEC. A. Ground-fault protection of equipment is required for 277/480V service disconnects rated 1,000A or more. The rating of the ...

Do you know what OSHA has to say about electrical safety testing requirements on jobsites? In the rugged construction site environment flexible cords that supply portable tools and appliances are all ...

The methods of protecting electronics from circuitry failures and managing inrush current at power on has evolved significantly from a simple fuse and maybe a P-channel FET to much more sophisticated ...

New Electrical Safety Requirement: AFCI Protection for Replacement Outlets This section requires that all replacement receptacles be arc-fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) protected. This means that if ...

Power systems today operate in an environment where reliability and safety must be maintained despite rising loads, expanding ...

Insulation resistance testers, often called megohmmeters, are fundamental tools for preventive maintenance, used to assess ...

AREVA Transmission & Distribution has just launched a cost-efficient and user-friendly family of advanced numerical distance and differential protection relays in its MiCOM range AREVA Transmission & ...

Analog input protection for high performance signal chains is often a pain point for system designers. There is typically a significant trade-off between analog performance (leakage, on resistance, ...